Social Mechanisms: An Analytical Approach to Social Theory

Book Overview

The advancement of social theory requires an analytical approach that systematically seeks to explicate the social mechanisms that generate and explain observed associations between events. These essays, written by prominent social scientists, advance criticisms of current trends in social theory and suggest alternative approaches. The mechanism approach calls attention to an intermediary level of analysis in between pure description and story-telling,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521596874
• ISBN13: 9780521596879
• Release Date: April 1994
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.5"